
Cybersecurity, Privacy, & AI
Warning! States Continue to Worry About Social Media and Teens
Sheppard Mullin - If you thought social media needed a warning label, many state regulators agree. California recently passed a new warning label law,...
Updates to NIST Cybersecurity Guidance May Impact Government Contractors
Wiley - November 2025 has been a busy month for cybersecurity rules affecting government contractors. The long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program went...
Data Breach Class Actions: Fourth Circuit Charts Its Own Course in Data Breach Standing Ruling
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton - For Article III standing purposes, an injury-in-fact must be “concrete.” Tangible harms, such as physical injury and monetary loss,...
Illinois AI Employment Law Goes Live Soon: Are Your Hiring Practices Compliant?
Sheppard Mullin - Illinois employers are reminded that a law addressing the use of AI in the workplace is set to take effect January...
Overview of Recent Updates to Cybersecurity Requirements Under the CMMC Program (Part 2)
Koprince McCall Pottroff - Not long ago, we discussed the basics of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program at DFARS subpart 204.75. Of...
CMMC Regulations: Key Questions and Answers for Defense Contractors
Holland & Knight - On Nov. 10, 2025, the long-awaited final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Cybersecurity...
August, September, and October 2025 Cybersecurity Developments Under the Trump Administration
Covington - This is the seventh blog in a series of Covington blogs on cybersecurity policies, executive orders (“EOs”), and other actions of the...
Fraud and Scam Prevention Series: Navigating Increasingly SophisticatedCybersecurity Threat and Fraud Tactics
Wiley - Cybersecurity risks are evolving, in part because bad actors – including scammers and fraudsters – are leveraging widely available artificial intelligence (AI)...
State AGs Urge SEC to Preserve State Authority in Crypto Regulation
Troutman Pepper Locke - On October 20, a coalition of 21 state attorneys general (AG), led by Iowa AG Brenna Bird, submitted a letter...
CMMC Day and a Break in the Senate Logjam
Husch Blackwell - After a Senate vote on Sunday evening, Congress appears closer to ending the record-setting government shutdown. The Senate advanced a funding...
How Will DoW Determine Which Level of CMMC Applies to My Agreement?
Covington - Now that the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program and Procurement Rules have been issued by the Department of War (DoW),...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: How to Preserve Privilege in Cyber Investigations
Baker Donelson - In the aftermath of a cyberattack, forensic investigations are often launched under intense pressure to identify what went wrong, why, and...












